comprador

com·pra·dor also com·pra·dore  (kmpr-dôr)

n.

1. An intermediary; a go-between.

2. A native-born agent in China and certain other Asian countries formerly employed by a foreign business to serve as a collaborator or intermediary in commercial transactions.

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[Portuguese, from Late Latin compartor, buyer, from Latin comparre, to buy : com-, com- + parre, to get; see per-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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comprador, compradore [ˌkɒmprəˈdɔː]

n

(Historical Terms) (formerly in China and some other Asian countries) a native agent of a foreign enterprise

[from Portuguese: buyer, from Late Latin comparātor, from Latin comparāre to purchase, from parāre to prepare]